I'm a bit worried about Mollie, she'll be 11 this year and has been acting a bit strange lately. The last month, sometimes when out on a walk she stumbles and trips over herself and has also started to slow down and refuse to walk any further. I mentioned to the vet a couple of weeks ago when she had her booster and she checked her over and basically said her joints were ok but if worried or gets worse come back. Since then she's been having a few accidents inside, some during the night or if I go out for a couple of hours but quite often when I'm home. She seems reluctant to go outside and when she does go out she'll go as soon as she comes back in or she'll walk towards the door when I call her to go outside and then she will go just inside the back door then go outside.
The most troubling thing though is that on Sunday my daughter took Mollie for a walk down to the sea but had to cut the walk short as apparently Mollie fell over and then was walking really slow. When she came back I checked her over, seemed to be walking ok and she took herself to bed. She slept most of the day but seemed quite happy and ate her tea fine. Later in the evening she became a bit fidgety and came and sat on my lap (Mollie has always been very independent and not really a cuddly dog). I noticed she was shaking/trembling and doing a mixture of panting and yawning. I was on my own at the time and didn't have a car so I rang my OH and said Mollie was acting strange and was worrying me so I thought he needed to come back just I case we needed to take her to the vets. This strange episode lasted about half an hour or so and she was asleep on my lap when hubby got home. When she woke up she was a little unsteady on her feet and had messed herself. She then seemed back to normal so I decided I'd sleep downstairs overnight to keep an eye on her but she slept through the night as was fine. I rang yesterday to get an appointment but the first I could get was this evening. Yesterday she seemed fine until just before everyone got home when she again seemed to shake and pant but didn't last so long. Today I popped out for an hour and a half and came back to find Mollie sitting on the sofa but acting a bit strange, she wasn't shaking but seemed a bit confused. I went to let both of them into the garden, Mollie started to walk across the lounge weaving slowly then messed herself. Since then she's been curled up asleep under the table.
Like I said we have an appointment at the vets tonight but just wanted anybody's opinion as its seems strange and have no idea what's causing it.
